Pakistan socialist speaks
CANBERRA — Farooq Tariq, secretary of the Labour Party of Pakistan, was the guest speaker at a Green Left Weekly public meeting, "The struggle for people's democracy and nationhood in South Asia", on January 14.
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One Nation MP in row over CJC
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland One Nation MP Jack Paff has pledged to introduce bills to abolish the Criminal Justice Commission and its parliamentary watchdog, the Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee.
The owners of big retail chain stores and mega-shopping centres are rubbing their hands with glee following the Christmas and post-Christmas sales frenzy. Most have posted record profits for the period, despite concerns that "consumer confidence"
Cops attack Timbarra protest
By Nick Fredman
LISMORE — Police violently attacked a protest at the entrance to the Timbarra gold mine, under construction near Tenterfield, on January 19. Twelve people were arrested at the peaceful action. The
By Wendy Robertson
Sydney — On January 17-18, around 150 students, a number of academics and staff gathered at the University of Technology Sydney for an anti-VSU ("voluntary student unionism") planning conference. The conference adopted four
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By Zanny Begg
1. We can understand history
The 10 richest people in the world own more wealth than that produced each year by the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. Facts like these are often presented to us as inexplicable, just part of the ways
Lost Civilisations of the Stone AgeBy Richard Rudgley Century Books, 1998$39.95 Review by Robert Hodder
The words "Stone Age" and "civilisation" are rarely seen together in popular history. Richard Rudgley's book sets out to turn our assumptions
By Arrow Tong and Tristan Miller
Young people need a voice. We can't just hang around until we are
18, when we get to vote for the racist policies of Liberal or Labor. That
is why last year Resistance organised the high school walkouts
True non-believers
"Just because it's in the agenda doesn't mean it is something we believe in or something we're pushing." — Steven Ciobo, Queensland president of the Young Liberals, after the group's state conference rejected a motion to fine
Last year Resistance led the high school walkouts against racism. Here
is what our opponents said about the rallies:
Shaun Nelson (Queensland One Nation MP): Putting children into the
line of fire ... is child abuse ... these
Down but not quite out in New York
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Visiting Mr GreenBy Jeff BaronDirected by Sandra BatesEnsemble Theatre, Sydney Review by Brendan Doyle
Another New York Jewish play, I hear you groan! Another play about the generation gap! Okay, but this
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